Laura Wolvaardt: ‘Right time’ to push women’s cricket in South Africa
Batter Laura Wolvaardt has said now is the “right time” to “push” the women’s game in South Africa, following the team’s success at the T20 World Cup. Despite their defeat to Australia in Cape Town, the Proteas made history by becoming the first South African side – male or female – to reach the final […]
the 1962 day that changed Britain
Emmanuel Lafont (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont) Sixty years ago today, both the Beatles’ first single Love Me Do and the first Bond film Dr No were released. It was a remarkable moment that redefined a nation, writes Mark Allison. “Sexual intercourse began / In nineteen sixty-three… / Between the end of the ‘Chatterley’ ban / And […]
Wiltshire woman mends sewing machines for African colleges
BBC Nikki Field’s hobby of repairing sewing machines began during the pandemic A woman who decided to teach herself to restore sewing machines is now repairing them for female entrepreneurs in Africa. Nikki Field from Wiltshire’s hobby started in lockdown, when she restored an old Singer treadle. She now repairs at least one machine a […]
Women’s World Cup: Atlas Lionesses hope to emulate Morocco’s men at debut tournament
“We have a president who is very attentive, who really wants the women’s teams to succeed and he gives us all we need so we can eat well, sleep well, work well. “In football, that’s something important. It’s a bit of the unseen work of what happens around games.” Morocco are taking the business of […]
Decision on gender reform legal battle ‘imminent’
Getty Images Humza Yousaf has been seeking legal advice on whether to challenge the UK government The first minister has said he will “very imminently” confirm if he will launch a legal battle with the UK government over a bill which will make it easier to change gender. MSPs backed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) […]
Meet Zoltan, the presidential candidate who drives a coffin
Lisa Memmel (Credit: Lisa Memmel) Not many politicians running for the White House promise to end death. But not many politicians are Zoltan Istvan. Tim Maughan meets a man travelling America in a giant coffin-shaped bus to make his point. “I had been working for National Geographic, travelling, doing all these fun things and then […]
Green Party split from group at centre of trans row
Getty Images The Green Party has cut official ties with one of its largest members’ groups amid a dispute over the party’s stance on sex and gender. Senior members of Green Party Women (GPW) claim the group was “disaffiliated” because of their promotion of “gender-critical views”. A Green Party spokesperson said it suspended GPW for […]
Welsh businesswoman cleaning up the barriers facing women at work
Mrs Buckét Rachael Flanagan said women need female role models in business Rachael Flanagan wants to smash one of the oldest office stereotypes. “Gone are those days where someone’s hunched over a mop,” said the founder of Mrs Buckét, the cleaning company she started after failing her business A-level exam. Her workforce is largely female, […]
Strange tale of a pleasure implant
(Getty Images) Pleasure-inducing implants can induce orgasms at the push of a button, but as Frank Swain discovers, there’s a curious history behind this technology. This month, news outlets worldwide issued breathless reports of a wondrous implant that causes orgasms at the touch of a button. The Orgasmatron, patented by Dr Stuart Meloy, is a […]
Ukrainian twins’ A-level success at Harrogate college
Diana Shypovych Diana and Sofiia Shypovych managed a combined five A*s and one A at Harrogate Ladies’ College Twin sisters from Ukraine have achieved top A-level grades at a Yorkshire college despite fearing for their family’s safety back home. Diana and Sofiia Shypovych managed a combined five grade A*s and one grade A at Harrogate […]